3574 lines
70 KiB
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3574 lines
70 KiB
JSON
{
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"fold":{
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"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"loner",
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"individualist"
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],
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"related":[
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"charmed circle",
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"elite",
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"in-group",
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"closed shop",
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"club",
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"college",
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"fellowship",
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"guild",
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"gild",
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"league",
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"organization",
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"society",
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"camp",
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"faction",
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"sect",
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"side",
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"tribe",
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"mess",
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"squad",
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"brotherhood",
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"fraternity",
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"order",
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"sisterhood",
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"sodality",
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"sorority",
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"commune",
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"alliance",
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"bloc",
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"coalition",
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"confederation",
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"congress",
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"council",
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"federation",
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"union"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"body",
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"bunch",
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"circle",
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"clan",
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"clique",
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"community",
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"coterie",
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"coven",
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"crowd",
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"gal\u00e8re",
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"gang",
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"klatch",
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"klatsch",
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"lot",
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"network",
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"pack",
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"ring",
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"set"
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]
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},
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"to be unsuccessful":{
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"antonyms":[
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"click",
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"come off",
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"deliver",
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"go",
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"go over",
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"pan out",
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"succeed",
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"work out"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the business folded after just two months"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cook",
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"flourish",
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"prosper",
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"thrive",
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"prevail",
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"triumph",
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"win"
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],
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"related":[
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"flounder",
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"struggle",
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"decline",
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"sink",
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"skid",
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"slip",
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"slump",
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"wane",
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"crash",
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"crumble",
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"miscarry",
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"misfire",
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"go under",
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"implode",
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"self-destruct"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bomb",
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"collapse",
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"crater",
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"fail",
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"flame out",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"founder",
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"miss",
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"strike out",
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"tank",
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"wash out"
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]
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},
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"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"extend",
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"open",
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"spread",
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"unfold",
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"unroll"
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],
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"examples":[
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"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"overlap",
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"overlay",
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"overlie",
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"collapse",
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"telescope",
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"close",
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"shut",
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"plait",
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"pleat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"double"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"folks":{
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"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"her folks have farmed that land for five generations"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ancestry",
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"birth",
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"descent",
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"extraction",
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"origin",
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"pedigree"
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],
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"related":[
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"blended family",
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"nuclear family",
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"extended family",
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"household",
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"kith",
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"brood",
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"descendant",
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"descendent",
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"issue",
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"offspring",
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"progeny",
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"scion",
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"seed",
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"clansman",
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"kinsman",
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"kinswoman",
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"relative",
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"dynasty"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blood",
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"clan",
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"family",
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"house",
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"kin",
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"kindred",
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"kinfolk",
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"kinfolks",
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"kinsfolk",
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"line",
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"lineage",
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"people",
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"race",
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"stock",
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"tribe"
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]
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},
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"human beings in general":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"c'mon, folks , let's get to work"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"community",
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"society",
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"crowd",
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"masses",
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"mob",
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"populace",
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"proletariat",
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"rabble",
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"rabblement",
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"riffraff"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"humanity",
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"humankind",
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"people",
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"public",
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"species",
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"world"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"follow":{
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"to come after in time":{
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"examples":[
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"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"postdate",
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"succeed",
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"supervene"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"displace",
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"replace",
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"supersede",
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"supplant",
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"ensue"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"antedate",
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"precede",
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"predate"
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]
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},
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"to go after or on the track of":{
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"examples":[
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"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bird-dog",
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"chase",
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"course",
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"dog",
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"hound",
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"pursue",
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"run",
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"shadow",
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"tag",
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"tail",
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"trace",
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"track",
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"trail"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accompany",
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"chaperone",
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"chaperon",
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"escort",
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"hunt",
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"search (for)",
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"seek",
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"eye",
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"observe",
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"watch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"head"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"guide",
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"lead",
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"pilot"
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]
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},
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"to act according to the commands of":{
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"examples":[
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"follow me, and you'll do OK"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adhere (to)",
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"comply (with)",
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"conform (to)",
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"goose-step (to)",
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"mind",
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"obey",
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"observe"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"defer (to)",
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"submit (to)",
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"surrender (to)",
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"yield (to)",
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"accede (to)",
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"acquiesce (to)",
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"agree (to)",
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"assent (to)",
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"attend",
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"hear",
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"heed",
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"listen (to)",
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"mark",
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"note",
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"notice",
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"regard",
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"take",
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"watch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disoblige",
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"challenge",
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"dare",
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"refuse",
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"renounce",
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"repudiate",
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"direct",
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"lead",
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"brush (off)",
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"overlook",
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"overpass",
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"pass over",
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"tune out",
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"wink (at)",
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"dismiss",
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"pooh-pooh",
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"pooh",
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"shrug off",
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"breach",
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"break",
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"infringe",
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"transgress",
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"violate",
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"deride",
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"flout",
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"mock",
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"scoff (at)",
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"scorn",
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"mutiny (against)",
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"revolt (against)",
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"buck",
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"combat",
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"contest",
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"dispute",
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"fight",
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"oppose",
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"resist",
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"withstand"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"defy",
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"disobey",
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"rebel (against)"
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]
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},
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"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
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"examples":[
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"followed the path into the garden"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"course",
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"cover",
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"cross",
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"cut (across)",
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"go",
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"navigate",
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"pass (over)",
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"perambulate",
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"peregrinate",
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"proceed (along)",
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"track",
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"transit",
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"travel",
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"traverse"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hike",
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"traipse",
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"tramp",
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"tread",
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"walk",
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"ride",
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"run",
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"crisscross"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take notice of and be guided by":{
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"examples":[
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"don't follow his advice"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"heed",
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"listen (to)",
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"mind",
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"note",
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"observe",
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"regard",
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"watch"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"consider",
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"contemplate",
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"mull",
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"ponder",
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"weigh",
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"comply (with)",
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"conform (to)",
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"keep",
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"obey",
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"respect",
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"attend (to)",
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"hark (to)",
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"hear",
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"hearken (to)",
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"mark",
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"notice",
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"see"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brush (aside or off)",
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"discount",
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"dismiss",
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"gloss (over)",
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"gloze (over)",
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"neglect",
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"pass over",
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"pooh-pooh",
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"pooh",
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"scorn",
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"shrug off",
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"defy",
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"flout",
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"slight",
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"snub"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"tune out"
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]
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},
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"to keep one's eyes on":{
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"examples":[
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"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"eye",
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"observe",
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"watch"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"behold",
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"look",
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"perceive",
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"regard",
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"see",
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"view",
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"gape",
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"gawk",
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"gaze",
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"glare",
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"goggle",
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"look on",
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"peer",
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"rubberneck",
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"stare",
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"guard",
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"wake",
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"ward",
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"bird-dog",
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"monitor",
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"study",
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"spy",
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"espy",
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"glance",
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"glimpse",
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"peek",
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"peep"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blink",
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"wink"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"follow through (with)":{
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"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"accomplish",
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"achieve",
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"bring off",
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"carry off",
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"carry out",
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"commit",
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"compass",
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"do",
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"execute",
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"fulfill",
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"fulfil",
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"make",
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"negotiate",
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"perform",
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"perpetrate",
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"prosecute",
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"pull off",
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"put through"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bring about",
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"effect",
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"effectuate",
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"implement",
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"ace",
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"nail",
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"engage (in)",
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"practice",
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"practise",
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"work (at)",
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"reduplicate",
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"reenact",
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"repeat",
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"actualize",
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"attain",
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"realize",
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"complete",
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"end",
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"finish",
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"wind up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fail",
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"skimp",
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"slight",
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"slur"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"follow up":{
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"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
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"examples":[
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"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"parlay",
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"complement",
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"supplement",
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"accelerate",
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"add (to)",
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"aggrandize",
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"amplify",
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"augment",
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"boost",
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"build up",
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"compound",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"extend",
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"hype",
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"increase",
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"multiply",
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"pump up",
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"raise",
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"swell",
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"stoke",
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"supersize",
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"up",
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"complete",
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"finish",
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"blow up",
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"dilate",
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"distend",
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"inflate",
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"draw out",
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"elongate",
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"flesh (out)",
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"lengthen",
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"prolong",
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"protract",
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"stretch",
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"develop",
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"enhance",
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"heighten",
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"intensify",
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"magnify",
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"beef (up)",
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"reinforce",
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"reenforce",
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"strengthen"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abbreviate",
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"abridge",
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"curtail",
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"shorten",
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"compress",
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"condense",
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"constrict",
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"contract",
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"cut back",
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"retrench",
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"abate",
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"decrease",
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"de-escalate",
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"diminish",
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"downsize",
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"dwindle",
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"lessen",
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"lower",
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"minify",
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"reduce",
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"subtract (from)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that continues or completes a process or activity":{
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"examples":[
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"A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up .",
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"As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sequel",
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"addendum",
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"afterword",
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"appendix",
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"codicil",
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"excursus",
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"supplement",
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"coda",
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"epilogue",
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"epilog",
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"postlude",
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"conclusion",
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"ending",
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"finale",
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|
"accompaniment",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"allonge",
|
|
"rider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"preface",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"followers":{
|
|
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acolytes",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"epigones",
|
|
"liege men",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"votarists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"proselytizers",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"faithfuls",
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"ideologists",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"sectarians",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"worshippers",
|
|
"worshipers",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"apparatchiks",
|
|
"apparatchiki",
|
|
"camp followers",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"lickspittles",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"myrmidons",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"yes-men"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coryphaei",
|
|
"leaders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Brando's Method acting inspired a whole generation of mumbling followers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apers",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"copyists",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"rubber stamps",
|
|
"wannabes",
|
|
"wannabees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"emulators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"impressionists",
|
|
"mimics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following through (with)":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"implementing",
|
|
"acing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"engaging (in)",
|
|
"practicing",
|
|
"practising",
|
|
"working (at)",
|
|
"reduplicating",
|
|
"reenacting",
|
|
"repeating",
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"perpetrating",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"pulling off",
|
|
"putting through"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"folly":{
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American purchase of Alaska was originally considered a grand folly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forethought",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"twaddle",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"howler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"b\u00eatise",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"foppery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in all my folly , I didn't think about how my actions would hurt my father"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enough of this folly about moving to the Australian outback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folklore":{
|
|
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"legendry",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythology",
|
|
"mythos",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"folklife",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"folktale",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follows":{
|
|
"to come after in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"postdates",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"supervenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants",
|
|
"ensues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antedates",
|
|
"precedes",
|
|
"predates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird-dogs",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"searches (for)",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"pilots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"conforms (to)",
|
|
"goose-steps (to)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"observes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defers (to)",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"surrenders (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)",
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliges",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"brushes (off)",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"tunes out",
|
|
"winks (at)",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"transgresses",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"scoffs (at)",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"mutinies (against)",
|
|
"revolts (against)",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"rebels (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"followed the path into the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts (across)",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"passes (over)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't follow his advice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"mulls",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"conforms (to)",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"harks (to)",
|
|
"hearkens (to)",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"sees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"tunes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep one's eyes on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"goggles",
|
|
"looks on",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"rubbernecks",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"wakes",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"bird-dogs",
|
|
"monitors",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"followed up":{
|
|
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parlayed",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folio":{
|
|
"as in quarto":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarto",
|
|
"hardback",
|
|
"hardcover",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"pocket edition",
|
|
"softback",
|
|
"softcover",
|
|
"trade book",
|
|
"trade edition",
|
|
"guidebook",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"how-to",
|
|
"manual",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"tome",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"cyclopedia",
|
|
"cyclopaedia",
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"encyclopedia",
|
|
"monograph",
|
|
"primer",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"novelette",
|
|
"pulp",
|
|
"album",
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"anthology",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"picture book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folds":{
|
|
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overlaps",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overlies",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"telescopes",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"shuts",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"pleats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"unrolls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the business folded after just two months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"covens",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"gal\u00e8res",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"networks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmed circles",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"in-groups",
|
|
"closed shops",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"colleges",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"tribes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sisterhoods",
|
|
"sodalities",
|
|
"sororities",
|
|
"communes",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loners",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"followings":{
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a prince with a large following to do practically everything for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corteges",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ges",
|
|
"entourages",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"retinues",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"retainers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folk":{
|
|
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her folks have farmed that land for five generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"kinfolk",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"tribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blended family",
|
|
"nuclear family",
|
|
"extended family",
|
|
"household",
|
|
"kith",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"clansman",
|
|
"kinsman",
|
|
"kinswoman",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"dynasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"pedigree"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the working-class folk with no airs or pretentions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caste",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"stratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"food chain",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"hierarchy",
|
|
"stratification",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"tribe",
|
|
"subcaste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"human beings in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"c'mon, folks , let's get to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"humankind",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"community",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cultural , national":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethnic",
|
|
"ethnical",
|
|
"racial",
|
|
"tribal",
|
|
"cultural",
|
|
"multiculti",
|
|
"multicultural",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"familial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folksiness":{
|
|
"as in friendliness , neighborliness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"neighborliness",
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"gregariousness",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"extroversion",
|
|
"extraversion",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"immodesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unsociability",
|
|
"unsociableness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"reclusion",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"retiringness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folderol":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folk songs":{
|
|
"as in art songs , chanteys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arias",
|
|
"arie",
|
|
"art songs",
|
|
"barcaroles",
|
|
"barcarolles",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chansons",
|
|
"chanteys",
|
|
"chanties",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"choruses",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"motets",
|
|
"part-songs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"rockers",
|
|
"roundelays",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"serenades",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"solos",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"vocals",
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"cantatas",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"noels",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"drinking songs",
|
|
"fight songs",
|
|
"torch songs",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"remixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folk song":{
|
|
"as in chantey , art song":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"art song",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"motet",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"serenade",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"cantata",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"noel",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"drinking song",
|
|
"fight song",
|
|
"torch song",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"remix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folklores":{
|
|
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"legendries",
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"lores",
|
|
"mythoi",
|
|
"mythologies",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"folklifes",
|
|
"folklives",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledges",
|
|
"wisdoms",
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"folktales",
|
|
"old wives' tales",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follies":{
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American purchase of Alaska was originally considered a grand folly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdities",
|
|
"asininities",
|
|
"b\u00eatises",
|
|
"fatuities",
|
|
"fooleries",
|
|
"fopperies",
|
|
"idiocies",
|
|
"imbecilities",
|
|
"inanities",
|
|
"insanities",
|
|
"lunacies",
|
|
"stupidities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"tomfooleries",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"twaddles",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"howlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discretions",
|
|
"forethoughts",
|
|
"prudences",
|
|
"sagacities",
|
|
"wisdoms",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"inspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folklifes":{
|
|
"as in folklores , folktales":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"legendries",
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"lores",
|
|
"mythoi",
|
|
"mythologies",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"traditions",
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"folktales",
|
|
"old wives' tales",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledges",
|
|
"wisdoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folded":{
|
|
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overlapped",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"telescoped",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"shut",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"pleated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"unrolled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the business folded after just two months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following":{
|
|
"being the one that comes immediately after another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the following morning, I found the cat was gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"next",
|
|
"succeeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consecutive",
|
|
"sequential",
|
|
"successive",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"second"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anterior",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"last"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"precedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous",
|
|
"prior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a prince with a large following to do practically everything for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cortege",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ge",
|
|
"entourage",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"retinue",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"retainer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that rock star attracts quite a following"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audience",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"followership"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discipleship",
|
|
"fandom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took part in the following of the coyote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"trailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hot pursuit",
|
|
"tagging along",
|
|
"path",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail",
|
|
"search",
|
|
"seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"subsequent to in time or order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"following the concert, there will be refreshments in the lobby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"apr\u00e8s",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"below",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"since"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"toward",
|
|
"towards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"afore",
|
|
"ahead of",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"ere",
|
|
"of",
|
|
"previous to",
|
|
"prior to",
|
|
"to"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come after in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"postdating",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"supervening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting",
|
|
"ensuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antedating",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"predating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird-dogging",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"trailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"escorting",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"searching (for)",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"piloting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"conforming (to)",
|
|
"goose-stepping (to)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferring (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)",
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliging",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"brushing (off)",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"tuning out",
|
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"winking (at)",
|
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"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"breaching",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"transgressing",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"scoffing (at)",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"mutinying (against)",
|
|
"revolting (against)",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"followed the path into the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cutting (across)",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"passing (over)",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"proceeding (along)",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"transiting",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"crisscrossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't follow his advice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"mulling",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"conforming (to)",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"harking (to)",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"hearkening (to)",
|
|
"harkening (to)",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"seeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"tuning out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep one's eyes on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"gawking",
|
|
"gazing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"goggling",
|
|
"looking on",
|
|
"peering",
|
|
"rubbernecking",
|
|
"staring",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"warding",
|
|
"bird-dogging",
|
|
"monitoring",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peeking",
|
|
"peeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blinking",
|
|
"winking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"preposition",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follow-ups":{
|
|
"something that continues or completes a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up .",
|
|
"As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"afterwords",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"codicils",
|
|
"excursuses",
|
|
"excursus",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"codas",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs",
|
|
"postludes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"accompaniments",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"postscripts",
|
|
"documentations",
|
|
"allonges",
|
|
"riders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forewords",
|
|
"introductions",
|
|
"prefaces",
|
|
"prologues",
|
|
"prologs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follows through (with)":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"perpetrates",
|
|
"prosecutes",
|
|
"pulls off",
|
|
"puts through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"effectuates",
|
|
"implements",
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"engages (in)",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"works (at)",
|
|
"reduplicates",
|
|
"reenacts",
|
|
"repeats",
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"winds up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"followership":{
|
|
"a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the televangelist has a substantial followership in the rural South"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audience",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"following"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discipleship",
|
|
"fandom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"followed":{
|
|
"to come after in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"postdated",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"supervened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"replaced",
|
|
"superseded",
|
|
"supplanted",
|
|
"ensued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antedated",
|
|
"preceded",
|
|
"predated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird-dogged",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"tailed",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"trailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanied",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"escorted",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"searched (for)",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"headed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"piloted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"goose-stepped (to)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"observed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deferred (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliged",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"brushed (off)",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"tuned out",
|
|
"winked (at)",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"breached",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"transgressed",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"scoffed (at)",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"mutinied (against)",
|
|
"revolted (against)",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"rebelled (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"followed the path into the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"passed (over)",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"proceeded (along)",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"transited",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"crisscrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't follow his advice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"mulled",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"harked (to)",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"hearkened (to)",
|
|
"harkened (to)",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"saw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"snubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"tuned out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep one's eyes on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"gaped",
|
|
"gawked",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"goggled",
|
|
"looked on",
|
|
"peered",
|
|
"rubbernecked",
|
|
"stared",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"warded",
|
|
"woke",
|
|
"waked",
|
|
"bird-dogged",
|
|
"monitored",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peeked",
|
|
"peeped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"winked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follows up":{
|
|
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parlays",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
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"downsizes",
|
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"dwindles",
|
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"lessens",
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"lowers",
|
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"minifies",
|
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"reduces",
|
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"subtracts (from)"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"folklife":{
|
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"as in folklore , folktale":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"legendry",
|
|
"lore",
|
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"myth",
|
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"mythology",
|
|
"mythos",
|
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"tradition",
|
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"anecdote",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"folktale",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folders":{
|
|
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a folder offering tips for heating one's home efficiently"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booklets",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"leaflets",
|
|
"pamphlets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"flysheets",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"throwaways",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"shoppers",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"paperbacks",
|
|
"paperbounds",
|
|
"pocket books",
|
|
"guidebooks",
|
|
"handbooks",
|
|
"how-tos",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"manuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folding":{
|
|
"as in failing , collapsing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"washing-out",
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doubling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overlapping",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overlying",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"telescoping",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"shutting",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"pleating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"unrolling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the business folded after just two months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"tanking",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"followed through (with)":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"perpetrated",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"pulled off",
|
|
"put through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"implemented",
|
|
"aced",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"engaged (in)",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"worked (at)",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"reenacted",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
}
|
|
} |